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The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions

The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples.

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Mars orbiters witness solar superstorm striking the Red Planet: 'The timing was extremely lucky'

The ESA's Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft watched as a superstorm that ravaged Earth also struck the Red Planet.

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Japan's 1st HTV-X cargo craft leaves the International Space Station (photo)

Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay.

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NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.

A big restructuring of NASA's plans to land astronauts on the moon is adding missions and speeding up the timeline, but some hardware might have to be cut loose in the process.

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The Marathon Collector’s Edition nails the assignment as Bungie's sci-fi shooter finally launches

As Bungie’s extraction shooter welcomes players to Tau Ceti IV, we’ve taken a good look at its hefty collector’s edition.

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Cosmic Hawk spreads its wings| Space photo of the day for March 6, 2026

The Milky Way nebula RCW 36 resembles a stunning cosmic bird of prey in an incredible Very Large Telescope image.

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Did Earth life actually begin on Mars? Asteroid impacts could let microbes planet-hop, study suggests

"Life might actually survive being ejected from one planet and moving to another."

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Stunning Mars image highlights one of Red Planet's oldest cratered regions

Newly released Mars images offer a detailed look at one of the Red Planet's oldest, most heavily cratered regions, a landscape shaped by billions of years of impacts, volcanism and erosion.

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Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for 'confidential commercial customer' (video)

Rocket Lab launched a mystery satellite for a confidential commercial customer this evening (March 5). It was the company's 83rd liftoff to date.

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Is Nus Braka's weapon in the latest "Starfleet Academy" a "Galaxy Quest" in-joke?

There's something refreshingly familiar about the Omega 47 weapon in "300th Night"

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Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smash into it in 2032

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact.

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March is a great time to spot the odd glow of zodiacal light. Here's how to see it

The zodiacal light is at its most visible on the nights surrounding the spring and autumn equinoxes.

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Making hummus on the moon? Scientists just grew chickpeas in simulated lunar dirt

Tests involving growing chickpea plants in lunar regolith treated with vermicompost and fungi yielded harvestable crops — but are they edible?

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'Starfleet Academy' creators talk bringing a 20th-century American play into 32nd-century 'Star Trek' (Interview)

'We're about to have an insanely adrenalized ride these last two episodes.'

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Astronomers unveil largest 3D universe map of its kind, illuminating 'hidden' cosmic structures

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys.

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Enormous solar power array seen from orbit | Space photo of the day for March 5, 2026

This stunning satellite image of Ouarzazate, Morocco, was taken by Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

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Vast raises $500 million to keep developing 'Haven' private space stations

Vast has raised $500 million in new funding, which the California startup will put toward its goal of getting private space stations up and running in Earth orbit.

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The Rubin Observatory will change the game for astronomy — if satellite companies don't get in the way

Scientists gathered in a conference earlier this year in an effort to solve the issue of satellite streaks ruining a powerful new Earth-based observatory's data.

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60 years of 'Star Trek': The colorful origins of the rainbow warp effect

'Starfleet Academy' sports a cool 60th anniversary intro honoring this colorful optical effect.

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'War of the Worlds' in reverse? Mars dirt could help fight off a microbial invasion from Earth

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological activity.

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Auroras on Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede look like Earth's northern lights, NASA spacecraft reveals

Ganymede's auroras splinter into small, bright patches — structures that mirror features seen in Earth's own auroral displays.

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SpaceX Starlink launch creates gorgeous 'jellyfish' in predawn Florida skies (video, photos)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday (March 4), creating a sky show for early risers.

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Antarctica has lost 5,000 square miles of 'grounded ice' in the last 30 years, satellite images reveal

Antarctica has lost nearly 5,000 square miles of "grounded ice" in 30 years, as warming ocean waters drive retreat in vulnerable regions, a new study finds.

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Russia fixes launch pad damaged by Thanksgiving astronaut launch to the International Space Station

Russia has fixed Site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, the only pad supporting the nation's human spaceflight missions. It had been out of commission since late November.

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Spectacular spiral galaxy revealed by James Webb Space Telescope | Space photo of the day for March 4, 2026

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning spiral galaxy 65 million light-years away, revealing glowing dust clouds and stellar nurseries.

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